World of Children Honors Children’s Advocates

World of Children, which seeks to improve children’s lives by identifying and supplying cash grants of up to $50,000 to extraordinary individuals who work on behalf of children in need, honored its 2010 award winners at a dinner at Bergdorf Goodman last week. The event was presided over by Stephanie March, the charity’s celebrity spokesperson, and hosted a who’s who of fashion and accessory executives.

The 2010 honorees—who were selected from a pool of more than 500 nominees—included Dan and Claire Marino for their work with autistic children; Leonor Portela, founder of Misioneros Del Camino, which cares for orphans in Guatemala; Adi Roche, whose foundation serves the forgotten children of the 1986 Chernobyl disaster; Danielle Gram, who founded Kids for Peace at the age of 16; Jourdan Urbach, who, at age nine, formed an organization that brings concerts to sick children. For more information on the charity, visit www.worldofchildren.org.